Welcome to Slime Shop where students will dive hands first into experiments exploring the chemical reaction that turns glue into gooey slime. This interactive experience sparks curiosity as students discover how mixing everyday ingredients can create totally new materials.
Slime Shop encourages students to ask questions, observe closely and think critically about how chemical reactions can create new substances.
Learning Areas and Strands: Science: Material World – Properties and Changes of Matter; Investigating in Science
Duration: 50 minutes
Suitable for: Year 4 – 8, maximum 30 students
Availability: All year
The education programme
Guided by our educators, your students will:
- Understand how chemical reactions can create an observable change in properties
- Understand that when different materials are combined, they can sometimes create new materials with different properties
- Create three slimes with different properties.